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Avatar the Last Airbender. Vol. 1
When Katara and her brother Sokka from the Souther water tribe find a mysterious young boy in a glacier, they are shocked to discover that he is an airbender, a tribe that was thought to have disappeared over a century ago.
85 p. 2006
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Auch, Mary Jane
One-handed Catch
After losing his hand in an accident in his father's butcher shop in 1946, sixth-grader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball and other activities.
248 p. 2006
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Barber, Tiki
Go Long!
When Coach Spangler leaves at the start of their second year of junior high school, thirteen-year-old twins Tiki and Ronde wonder if his replacement, history teacher Mr. Wheeler, can coach the Eagles to another winning football season.
153 p. 2008
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Buckley, Michael
Tales from the Hood
When a kangaroo court of Everafters, led by Judge Mad Hatter, tries Mr. Canis for his past crimes as the Big Bad Wolf, the Grimms seek evidence to save their friend, although Sabrina questions whether he should be saved.
274 p. 2008
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Catanese, P. W.
The Thief and the Beanstalk
Everyone knows the story of Jack and the beanstalk. Everyone also knows that Jack's little adventure made him a very rich man. But what they don't know is what happened a long time after Jack.... That's where Nick comes in. Orphaned and desperate, Nick joins a rugged band of thieves in hopes of a warm meal and a little protection. In exchange Nick must help them break into the lavish white castle rumored to belong to an old man named Jack. Legend says it's full of riches from Jack's quest up a magical beanstalk decades ago. Will Nick come down the beanstalk a hero? Will he come down at all?
272 p. 2005
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Choldenko, Gennifer
Al Capone Does My Shirts
A 12 year old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment.
228 p. 2004
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Dart, Iris Rainer
Larry the King of Rock and Roll
Not only can Larry the dog talk, he can also sing, but when these unusual talents come to the attention of his family, the public, and dogdom, Larry is faced with problems he never imagined.
165 p. 2007
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Etchemendy, Nancy.
The Power of Un
When he is given a device that will allow him to undo what has happened in the past, Gib Finney is not sure what event from the worst day in his life he should change in order to keep his sister from being hit by a truck.
148 p. 2000
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Farmer, Nancy
The Sea of Trolls
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
459 p. 2004
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George, Jean Craighead
My Side of the Mountain
A boy's experiences living by himself in a remote area of the Catskill Mountains.
178 p. 1959
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Gutman, Dan
Satch & Me : a Baseball Card Adventure
To see if Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher in the history of baseball, Stosh and his coach, Flip, travel back to 1942 to watch Satch pitch in the Negro League World Series.
192 p. 2006
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Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Dexter the Tough
A sympathetic teacher and her writing assignment help fourth-grader Dexter deal with being the new kid in school after he punches a kid on the first day.
141 p. 2007
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Hiaasen, Carl
Flush
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
263 p. 2005
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Horowitz, Anthony
Raven's Gate
Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.
254 p. 2005
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Korman, Gordon
Hunting the Hunter
Aiden and Meg Falconer plan to capture Hairless Joe, who has been hunting them, in order to free their parents from prison.
151 p. 2006
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Morse, Scott
Magic Pickle and the Planet of the Grapes
Meet flying superhero Magic Pickle, a secret weapon developed in a secret military lab. Together Magic Pickle and Jo-Jo, a feisty eight-year-old, go after Ray Sin, a renegade raisin from the Brotherhood of Evil Produce. Ray Sin has a dastardly plan: to turn every human being on the planet into big, juicy, mindless grapes, so he can rule the world!
140 p. 2008
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Ogden, Charles
Split Ends
Still in pursuit of the circus fugitives, mischievous twins Edgar and Ellen take separate paths as Ellen visits the unfriendly town of Lach Lufless and Edgar enters the forest home of Squatch the monster.
200 p. 2009
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Paulsen, Gary
How Angel Peterson Got His Name
Author Gary Paulsen relates tales from a small town in northwestern Minnesota in the late 1940s and early 1950s, such as skiing behind a souped-up car and imitating daredevil Evel Knievel.
111 p. 2003
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Pratchett, Terry
Only You Can Save Mankind
Twelve-year-old Johnny endures tensions between his parents, watches television coverage of the Gulf War, and plays a computer game called Only You Can Save Mankind, in which he is increasingly drawn into the reality of the alien ScreeWee.
207 p. 2005
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Rand, Johnathan
Mutant Mammoths of Montana
Beth Farris and her brother, Reese, are camping with their parents in Montana's Glacier National Park. It's something the whole family has been looking forward to: a real camping trip, where they will stay overnight in tents, and toast marshmallows by the evening fire. They would go hiking, fishing, and sightseeing. However, when Beth and Reese set out together on a short hike, they find strange footprints in the earth ... footprints far bigger than any normal creature could have made.
208 p. 2007
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